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"Edit 2: I haven't figured out backups yet. Windows 7 backup was trivial with an external disk."

There is a CLI option but the GUI is gone.

But you don't need backup since you have SkyDrive now ;)



This was a mistake by Microsoft, de-emphasizing the full disk backup options. There were serious issues with it, it was pretty brittle in terms of backing up and restoring* but those problems should have been fixed rather than obscured. To find the Windows 7-style backup options, hit start, type "Backup" and select "File History". Then in the bottom left corner, click "System Image Backup". The GUI is there, it's just been needlessly hidden. :(

http://i.imgur.com/YqIn0MB.png


Excellent. Thanks for pointing this out!


> But you don't need backup since you have SkyDrive now ;)

Oh what a fallacy this is. Cloud storage is at best a backup solution for some personal files you don't value too much, but in no way a replacement for a full-system backup.




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